The quota for each year shall be 230, comprising,
(i) All students proceeding from Fourth and Fifth Years respectively (ii) Students permitted to repeat the respective years
(iii) Students resuming the courso after leave of absence.
If the total in each year from the above categories does not reach 230:
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(iv) Suitably qualified students transferring (ad eundem statum) from other Australian medical schools (to be subject to selection on the basis of academic merit if necessary).
GENERAL POLICY GOVERNING ADMISSION AD EUNDEM STATUM The Medical Practitioners Act 1970 makes it possible for a person to be entitled to apply to be registered as a legally qualified medical prac- titioner in the State of Victoria if that person holds the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of any university in Aus- tralia as to at least the last three academic years of a regular course of medical and surgical study at that University.
As a consequence, the faculty of Medicine has formulated the following policy governing the admission ad eundem statum of students who have completed the whole or part of a medical course elsewhere:
1. General principles applicable to all candidates.
(a) No student is permitted to qualify for the degrees of M.B., B.S. un- less otherwise eligible for registration in Victoria.
(b) Evidence satisfactory to the faculty as to permanent domicile in Victoria is required.
(c) Students who do not speak English as their native tongue are re- quired to pass a test in English.
(d) Students who have completed part of a medical course in an over- seas university may be required to undergo tests and satisfy chairmen of departments as to their knowledge of prerequisite subjects for
the purpose of assessing any credit they may receive in the course.
(e) The number of students admitted od eundem statum to any year of the course shall be subject to any quota and selection process that may be found necessary.
2. Graduates of European university medical schools.
Applicants for admission in this category are required to produce docu- mentary evidence of graduation, and to pass an examination, held at the conclusion of First Term Third Year, In each of the subjects Anatomy (in- cluding Histology and Embryology), Physiology and Biochemistry, to qualify for admission to Medicine Third Year (Second Term). Admission to Third Year will be subject to any quota and selection that may be found necessary.
For the purpose of receiving instruction, candidates who so desire may seek permission from the chairmen of departments of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry to attend lectures in these subjects. Those who attend lectures must lodge an enrolment card at the Students' Records Office and pay the fees for which they are assessed. Any selection necessary will be based on the results of this examination. Details for the guidance of candidates will be supplied on request to the secretary, faculty of Medicine.
Credit for subjects passed cannot be retained from one year to another.
All subjects must be passed at the one examination.
3. Students who have completed portion of the course in European uni- versity medical schools.
(a) Applicants who produce satisfactory evidence that they have passed examinations in Physics, Chemistry and Biology at a standard equivalent to that required of students in our First Year may be ad- mitted to Medicine Second Year subject to selection in any quota 72
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(b) Applicants who produce satisfactory evidence that they have passed examinations in Anatomy (including Histology and Embryology), Physiology and Biochemistry at a standard comparable with that of our Medicine Second Year and First Term Third Year may be granted credit for attendance at lectures and practical work but shall be required to pass our examinations in Anatomy, Physiology and Bio- chemistry in Second and Third Years. To be eligible to present for this examination, such applicants will be required to enrol and pay the prescribed fees but attendance at lectures and practical work will be subject to any quota and selection that may be found necessary.
4. Students who have completed portion of the course in medical schools other than those of European universities.
(a) Applicants who produce satisfactory evidence of having passed the examination for Second MB BS in a university medical school in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, or In another Australian State may be admitted to Medicine Third Year (Second Term) subject to the general principles governing ad eundem statum admissions.
(b) Applicants who produce satisfactory evidence that they have passed examinations in Anatomy (including Histology and Embryology), Physiology and Biochemistry, at a standard comparable with that of our Medicine Third Year (First Term) in approved university medical schools in countries other than the United Kingdom, and New Zea- land may be granted the status of candidates eligible to present for our examinations in Medicine Third Year (First Term) as set out in Section 3(b) above.
For the purposes of this category, the medical schools in the uni- versities of Canada, South Africa, Malaya and the Grade A uni- versity medical schools of the United States of America will be regarded as approved.
(c) All other applicants must comply with the policy governing selection in any quota found to be necessary for admission to First Year or to Medicine Second Year as set out in separate statements.
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